• catloaf@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    I don’t see what sex has to do with it. There are many more non-sex cruises doing the same thing.

  • Sculptus Poe@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    That’s a trash article, and Antarctica is the last place anyone should worry about cruises going unless they are chopping up penguins for bird-brunch or something.

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      The problem is not only the cruise itself, but also all the energy spent getting the people and supplies to run the cruise. Plus the ecosystem is especially fragile, and the Antarctic glaciers are melting too fast as it is, calving icebergs which further damage the environment.

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        It’s no more energy than going on a Pacific cruise

        Ships are actually very energy efficient, those people probably would use more gasoline during their daily commute since each of them would drive a car or take a cab. If they went on a plane somewhere for vacation, it would use a lot more fuel

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          They are all taking a plane down to Ushuaia, and from there getting on the cruise ship. So they’re doing both.

          The big ones are efficient per person, yes, but these ships are smaller.

          The worst part of the waste, particulates from combustion, end up on the glacier, darkening it, making it melt even faster.

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    2 days ago

    so it’ll be herpes that kills off the last few penguins? didn’t have that on my bingo card…

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        As a matter of fact, yes. I was talking to a vet at a friend’s wedding, and he casually mentioned that working with simians is a dangerous field for many reasons that you wouldn’t think of, like their herpesvirus strains killing us.

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            Well, yeah. The only way to get it is from contact with an infected monkey, or something that has recently contacted them, like a needle.

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              With no end to deforestation in sight, and fixing the housing crisis, monkeys have been sharing crack houses with humans

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Probably more likely to die from beastiality rape.

        I was thinking cruise ship waste but uh… yeah… that’ll probably fuck up a penguin